Merchandise brace



E. M. M MAHAN' I MERCHANDISE BRACE Flled March 27 1925 Aug. 24 1926;

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1926, I i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND M. MGMAI-IAN, OF CUSHING, OKLAI-IQMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEDGAR F. HEREIN, OF CUSHING, OKLAHOMA.

MERCHANDISE BRACE.

Application filed March 27, 1925. Serial No. 18,726.

This invention relates to means for bold and bottom faces of the head 12are provided 40 ing or chucking freight in position in freight withholes 15 in registry with opening 20, cars. It is of great importance tosee to it the purpose of which may be explained that when freight isspotted for shipment later. As to the method of fastening these infreight cars that it shall be fixed in spotted rails, that is a matterof mechanical judgposition, and, especially is this so in connecment andit does not matter, so far as this 45- tion with fragile goods and waresand liqinvention is concerned. aids, and explosives. It is of the utmostim- For association with these rails as menportance that explosivecontainers sh'all have tioned, are bars 16, formed in any suitable u) nomovement whatever, and the present manner and preferably of channelsteel and method of nail chucking is entirely valueless they have theirends bifurcated at 17 to fit 50 for any fixing of spotted goods infreight the head 13 of the rail 11 and through the cars, on account ofthe sudden impacts to flanges 18 and 19 of this channel steel bar 7which these cars are almost continuously openings 20 are formedtocorrespond with subjected. the openings 15 in the head 13 and throughA simple method for taking care of the these openings a pin 21 isdropped and it 55 situation is comprehended in my invention, having anopening 22 may receive a nail, shown on the accompanying sheet ofdrawcotter-pin or other retainer. ings, In Figure 1 the bars areretaining units Figure 1 is a fragment of a freight car, 23, 2a and 25of different capacity or bulk.

' with invention applied, holding units of It is to be understood thatso far as the 60 commodity, invention is concerned it is primarilyFigure 2 is a plan view with roof removed, directed to the idea ofmaking a holding and showing the invention in place, place for crossbars in a freight car, and the 25 Figure 8 is a perspective of theretaining character of these holders and the size and rail and an end ofthe retainer, and shape of the bars may be varied within the 65 Figure 4is a detail in section showing the scope of the invention. i assemblageof rail and retainer. Having thus set forth the invention. I The car 5,wheels 6 and bolsters 7 con claim' 7 I stitute nopart of the invention,but, equidis- A freight car having walls, a rail having tantly disposedabout the inside of thecar a head and secured to said wallsand havwalls8, 9 and 10 are metallic rails 11 coning openings, bars co-operatingwith the stituted, preferably of a one-piece rib, head and beingbifurcated, and a pin for formed of a head 12 and flanges 13 that areholding the head and the bar in co-operative adapted to bear against theinside of the contact. Y

walls 8, 9 and 10 of the car. This flange is In testimony whereof I havesigned my held to the car walls in any suitable manner name. a

for instance by bolts 14 passing through the V head 12 and into thesaidwalls. The top V EDMOND M. MGMAHAN.

